The oil seals went right in, the All Balls seals simply wouldn't budge so got tossed. Grumpy told me they fight too tight and quit using them, nothing but OEM so I followed his advice with success. Now the dust seal....different story. What's the secret to getting those suckers in? I get one side in place and start pressing around the circumference and it all pops out so I have to start all over. The Honda tool doesn't fit around them like it does for the oil seal so can't use that. Plus, everything is so slippery now it makes it even more frustrating. Why are these so cussed difficult and when I did the 1200 forks it was a walk in the park?!?
OK, left it alone for a time then went back to the shop for another try, leave it to me to screw up a one man parade. I was placing the dust seal into place and trying to use the tool to insert it. That resulted in the seal not being square with the tube when pressure was applied. I found the tool does fit on the dust seal if you raise the seal above the tube entry point and apply the tool. That also squares up the seal to the tube's entry point and with one good whack it was in place...first try.
Kinda reminded me of the cartoon drawing of the nerdy little kid trying to enter his school....the door has a sign above it that said "School for Gifted People." The handle on the door said "pull" and he's pushing hard as he can.
